@killerkate888You talking to me? It feels like you're talking to me so I'll say you're talking to me. lol. You honestly don't know what a pledge means do you? lol. Just because you pledged for something doesn't mean you can't give your opinion about the progress of the game. Especially if it's positive or negative. Like I said you don't have to like it but that's my opinion. Now let's depict your message. Who said being positive is difficult for me? I literally said numerous times that I support the game and hope that it's as good as the devs say it will be. I simply stated what came to mind after looking at the blog about the 2nd delay. Like it or not there's no reason the devs couldn't give themselves 2 months instead of missing yet another deadline. Also you must be new here (account created this year that's why I said that) but delays is nothing new to this game. But after backing it and keeping positive for years it starts getting old. Wait a while and you'll catch the drift. Lastly, gosh excuse me I need to take a breather after writing all of this, just because myself or anyone voices their opinion whether it's negative or not doesn't mean they shouldn't express it. Also you must of got lost when looking up the definition of "pledge" since it's " a solemn promise or undertaking" and no where does it say "to stay positive".

@creepindThere’s other topics on the forums that can help you. But, I do believe you will like this game once it gets released. Though I’m the one who created this thread I still support the game. Now this game may take 2-3 months more, but it’s up to you if it’ll be worth the wait. I just want the devs to treat us fairly with the actual truth and prepare everything better.

@ParatusThank you for replying! That makes it better. But you guys had to have known the amount of work that sat in front of y'all was going to take a lot more than the original time frame or even the first delay. There's no way it took you guys the whole month up to the release date to say "Aye, we're not gonna be able to finish this. Let's push it back". That is something you could track as progress is made months ago. If there were problems arriving up then an extra two weeks should of been added along with the one month to prepare for it. I mean worse case you guys get it done two weeks early and can show off it's features. I just feel that more preparation could of been done to prevent another delay and more upsets.

I see what you mean too. I'm glad you get what I'm saying about this video. lol. Maybe not so much of going over the budget and more so taking time that they choose the best team. Which makes sense, but it doesn't take 6-7 months long. lol. I mean they did just hit 1 million dollars for their fun so they got the money for sure. Yeah I saw what the dev said too and maybe he's right. But if that was the case they shouldn't have used the jog animation and just ran to places or walked (since he said the walking animation looks really nice). In that poll I defined what I meant by the word "quality" in the title of the question though I didn't use that word in my paragraph that's what I was referring to. It's "describing the planning of the video, voice acting, and video editing." In this video they made it very cinematic with the cut scenes and everything which caused a lot of good footage of the environment and other things to be lost. Therefore, the one choice to pick is a video where they just get to the point and show case aspects of the game " Longer videos that are not as good quality, but show cases more. ". I was hoping one of the devs or even beach ball would comment on these threads since they offer a lot of insight.

Before anything let me state this is my opinion, y'all can agree or disagree, but from my viewpoint this is what I got to say: I have to admit that I'm really disappointed in this video. The devs have said that this video would be released about two weeks ago. That's after the devs said the video will be coming in days not weeks. But due to problems with animations they had to delay the video. My question is . . . what gosh dang animations costed a 1-2 week delay when the video was only two minutes?! I mean there were not even many animations to begin with, most of which were basic animations. Which raises another question. Why are they just now getting to the animations? And why on earth would they (the devs) show the audience animations that are place holders? They've made numerous statements that they're taking so long with the videos to make sure it's the best quality for us. So after months of waiting we get place holders. I don't know about you but for devs that stressed the point of, we want to be very careful about releasing videos because we care about first impressions and want the best for the gamer, this two minute video is very sad. There are numerous problems with the video that I've seen and y'all have already saw too. Such as the animations, graphics and colliders just naming a few. Don't get me wrong this game still has a lot of potential and I still want to get it! But this video that we all waited for a very long time failed.

Me personally would love to see a bank heist gameplay video. That would without a doubt cause so much love and popularity to come to this game from the whole gaming community. @Paratus and @Beach_BallI really hope you guys (the devs) take a good look at these polls that I've made and even other members created. These polls really shows y'all what the community wants right now, which makes it easier to please them. For example, if y'all (the devs) do a bank heist video where it shows the viewpoint of the gamer and not so much as a cinematic trailer to save time and resources, but at the same time show us aspects of guns, arresting mechanics, as well as robbing the bank mechanics, just naming a few, would cause such a big uproar in the gaming community and would attract a lot of gamers. Now I'm not saying go make the video tomorrow if there's still things that need to be finished, but make it soon, like to show case the release of the Swat module. Base off of this poll the majority want longer videos that are not as good quality, but show cases more. This is just a thought of mine. Though the video was a bit shaky I do believe the devs will make a great game out of this.

Here's another poll I created. I want to get an outlook of what all of us are thinking after this first video. If you guys have different answers that are not listed please comment down below.

We're not buying a design your home 101 game. You know that right? lol. The apartment video was just a little taste of what to expect. It was not an actual gameplay trailer like this video was supposed to be. Maybe, but when it's something that so obvious like "aye don't use placeholders for a video that's going to impact how fans will perceive your game for the first time" just frustrates me. I'm glad, neither am I. I'm glad we're having this discussion because I can see what you and people similar to you are thinking of after seeing this video. True. I'm going to do the same. I'm sure they're going to make this into a great game, but they certainly didn't help their case with that video. I agree with some if not most of your points. After years of working on this game they should have had shown us something that would blow our minds and this certainly didn't do it for most of us. But, I do believe that they will make this into a really good game in some time. That''s what I thought too. lol. Now weeks later after being delayed and we get 2 years old animations. That's some bull. I totally agree with you. When they do provide us trailers and videos they must be the top of the line because if it's not it can change the whole gaming community's outlook on it. You also have to remember that these guys have a lot of funding for such a small team and they should of been hiring more guys from the start to increase the speed of things getting done like the animations. They were didn't start expanding their team until around last July. What's interesting in those twitch videos is that they seriously confirmed my suspicions that most of these animations were very old or weren't even done. So just now about a month away from releasing the Town Square module they are working on animations. That's ridiculous. Plus they also state "It's most likely going to be ready for Town Square Module release", most likely? Delays are nothing new to Identity, but let's hope they actually release it on the date they told us with not placeholder animations or you can bet this community will be raging like you never seen before. lol. Now for the video of Town Square we don't even know for sure if these animations will be down for the actual release of town square so I wouldn't be counting on it in the video. But if it does then that's freaking awesome! I agree any of those things in the video would be great. According to the community they rather have a long video with more aspects thrown in with a not so good production than a short video, good production, and little aspects shown. Let's hope for the best!

I’m really surprised too. It gives an interesting outlook on what the community is wanting right now which is pretty cool. That’s why I did these polls in the first place, to see what the community is thinking.

Really? There’s no way. I remember seeing one piece of art work a long time ago. I mean ages. So I don’t know if they lets some slipped before the kick starter but I without a doubt saw their work longer than 3 years ago. It actually is the first game play video that show cases actually dynamics of the game such as the drug and le overlays. So I know what I’m talking about. Bud, you said I only posted comments when in fact I posted a thread and replied to others when they had some interesting feedback about MY thread. Gosh you got some type of chip on your shoulder. Don’t know where you got it but you gotta chill. Once again you can’t argue facts. We all think the trailer was not ready and we didn’t deserve something that wasn’t fully completed. You can’t even argue that when you said so yourself they used outdated things. Btw, I’m not flaming out on the devs I’m simply critiquing things they should have done better that the community deserved in the first place. Which is why’s there's a poll that justifies my view. Now if I just posted a thread just ranting about how bad a job the devs did then yeah that wouldn’t be helping anyone and would just be a waste of time. Instead I got solid answers from the polls.

I remember seeing the artwork for this games 4-5 years ago for their kick starter. They really started working on it 3-4 years ago. This year they made some solid progress and everything should be finished soon.

Lol. I’m not posting comments. I posted a thread with a poll to help the devs see what they need to focus on and give the community a new outlook on where everyone falls. Then those who replied to my thread I then replied to. I’m not posting comments to throw shade to the devs but I am posting comments to wake up the community and the devs as well that they need to start prioritizing what they do. High quality needs? Lol. Stating that the devs should have implanted actual assets that would be used in game for a trailer we waited for months and were told it’s gonna be amazing isn’t asking for high quality. That’s the bare minimum they should have done. They already have hundreds of applications which they said so themselves. Me adding to the bunch isn’t changing anything. Lol. Next point things get changed when start a discussion that can be supported by facts. The majority of the community thinks this was not the trailer we deserved for waiting so long. The majority also believes the trailer had problems without a doubt and should of been fixed. That’s just facts you can’t argue. Showing such facts and stressing the importance of delivering quality videos that we all deserve is what will get the game devs to finally realize their mistakes and fix them in another video. Once again they had months to create a video and yet made a 2 minute video with animations and other things that were already done months and even years ago. So there was no reason for the long delay. That’s a problem for any gamer who’s invested in this game and wants the best for it. Things will only be changed if someone brings the problems to light.

Then what was the point of doing the video in the first place if every single thing was subject to change? lol. That's not showing a video to impress people, that sounds like showing a video just to say they did it. Now if they were showing us a video to impress us it would be a more updated version of animation, weapons, etc. That actually show cases the end result.

You do know that I'm not mad or angry right? lol. I don't hate the devs. But the fact the devs have delayed things for so long and this is the first video we get of gameplay and it's not even up to date with the assets. That without a doubt looks really bad from any viewpoint. It doesn't take a team of 20 to do basic animations. lol. The least they could have done was make up to date animations with up to date vegetation at least for the location where the video was taking place. Asking for a good video isn't much to ask and is the least the devs can do for us after we've waited so long with nothing besides photos. Again you can't use the excuse "people rushing the developers to get something out" when that's been happening from the start years ago and they continue to move along. Heck they pushed back the video when people were rushing them for it to be released. So this time doesn't make it any different. Actually I'm using the dev words not mine, when talking about the video is the true first impressions. lol.

Dude you just admitted you don't even know what's happening in the background. lol. Plus that what we're all talking about. They used a lot of place holders. We all waited months and months for old animations and place holder vegetation. That's ridiculous and they stressed first impressions. Admitting they used 2 years old animations for a gosh dang video that took them months to prepare reflects really bad on them. If that's the case we should of had this video months ago. For the first big actual gameplay video of the game place holders shouldn't even been words any of us used to describe it. They should have dedicated time to all of the assets that were going to be used in the video to assure the closest quality to the end product. My biggest problem was that these developers were not as prepared as they should have been and they had months to prepare.

This is just about how I feel! You explained it really well. You can see all of these dev blogs where the devs have promised this video will be very great and is coming really soon only to see a month goes by and they're making the same statement again "it's coming guys! The video will be soon". Fast forward 5-6 months later and we finally get a freaking screenshot of what? Of a house only to tell us the video is coming soon. lol. Sure enough a whole month passes and still nothing. Finally 2 weeks later we get --->a video<--- that is not even two minutes long! I mean dang, I know creating games take a long times but 6-7 months later after stating the video is coming soon each month just for bad animations and barely 2 minutes of gameplay. Come on devs, you guys are better than that. No one can argue facts and the fact is the devs were not prepared for this video at all and honestly from the looks of it could care less.

Welcome to the forums! lol. That's true about the visuals, but usually game devs run their systems at max graphic settings to impress the viewers. So if they are running it at max the graphics need a lot of work since UE is a beautiful engine. Very true, games like this do take a long time especially for a small team. That's why this game has been in dev. for a few years now (from what I can remember). So having said that I think we all expected a bit more for a game that they said will knock our socks off when they show us this video. And here we are confused and a little disappointed. Yeah so if that's the case they should of really held off until those animations were done to really make a good first impression. That's interesting that he says that when in one of their interviews they said the vehicles were almost done and just needed some tweaks and we would be very impressed with them once we see it.

I really do understand your point too. lol. We both got two different ways of looking at it. Neither of us are wrong or right, but we just got our different outlooks. I totally understand that those things will be fixed in the future, but I believe you would agree with me that they shouldn't have posted a video that had a lot of "place holders" when this video is a huge big deal for the game since it's the first actual gameplay video that show cases new aspects. Regardless if it's going to change in the future they should of really made sure all of the animations in this video would be done to their standards as if they just release the game tomorrow since a lot of people will judge this video whether they want to get it or not. As well as we all been waiting for a video that they delayed due to them wanting to make a great first impression. From my view place holders isn't the best way to make a great first impression. lol. Great discussion!

Well the driving I thought was really great besides the colliders for the tires where the tires actually went through the ground at one point in the beginning of the video. The gun stuff was actually kinda disappointing. But, before you or anyone else freaks out let me explain. This game is built off of realism. Having that said the officer in first view point is shooting with only one hand which no officer would ever do unless they couldn't use their other hand. Also having shot a glock before that really does not sound like it. Kinda sounds like a cap gun going off. lol. Now besides that another problem I have is that some of the animations and the gun itself seems to be imported from an asset from the Unreal Engine market. The reason I think this is that I use the very same asset for my game and it behaves and feels the same way. Now let me say again I'm not saying I truly believe this but it did strike a little odd to me. Which raises another question. Did they not even create the animation and weapon themselves and instead bought it off the store? Here's the asset I'm referring to: https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/aaa-animated-fps-g18-pistol-pack

I agree with you as well. I'm sure these animations will get better. I never said it was a preview of the entire game. @Whitefeather @James_Miller@Narc it's been about 4 months where all of us were expecting some sort of video to come out. This dates back to last summer where they prolonged the video because they have stated numerous times that first impressions means the most to them. Now if that really was the case they wouldn't and shouldn't have placed any place holders especially with animations in this video. Let's remember it's 1 minute and 55 seconds long, with the very basic animations such as jogging, shooting, driving, etc. These are the animations that should have been done months ago. Minding you this game has been being worked on for a very long time. So my biggest problem was the emphasis these developers used to delay this video "wanting to make sure everyone really enjoys this video because 1st impressions means a lot to us" and yet we get a rushed, last minute, video. The first of which to really show us actual gameplay of the world. Delaying things is nothing new to these developers so why put out a "7/10" video with a lot mistakes when they could of taken another two weeks to put out a 10/10 video? A lot of us have been here a lot longer than others and been patiently waiting for a real actual video. In my opinion this video didn't do the game justice. I know this game is gonna be amazing, but putting a video like this out where people can easily see the flaws and how long the devs have been working on this can hurt this game. The excuse of "the devs were pressured to release a video" isn't valid when they delayed the modules and the videos themselves from being released without any problem at all. They care very much about this game which is great, but they should of waited a little longer before releasing it to assure it's perfection.

Introduction: What's up identity community!? My real is Jacob, but you guy's can call me that or HAWK (my username). I've been around dozens of role play communities and had the pleasure of meeting so many people. The reason why I'm here, which is most likely the same reason why everyone is here is for the Identity game. This game caught my eyes ages ago back in 2016 and I've watched the game grow through the dev blogs. It took me until now to actually buy the game and make an account on the forums to introduce myself, lol. Gaming: So "what's my experience with role play games?" you may ask. Well, I've spent 1250 hours on Arma 3 (yes a lot of hours, lol) about 900 hours of which was devoted to Arma life and Altis life servers. I belonged to the ANR community which was a very famous one for some time before it disbanded. Since then I've joined tons of other communities mostly playing as a Police Officer. Just last year I had my own server with a great group of people, but had to shut it down due to work and school. As of now I'm planning on opening another server for Identity and bringing the same realistic guidelines that arma has taught me with it. I'm also the creator of one of the biggest Law Enforcement related scenario for Arma 3 called City Cop Life. As well as arma 3 I have 839 hours on G-Mod which about 800 hours were on role play servers too. I've been a Community manager on one of fastest growing role play commmunities for Star Wars RP and Fallout RP servers. So it's safe to say I have plenty of experience with role play. Life: My goal right now is to keep going to school and eventually become a police officer once I graduate college.. I have a lot experience with Law Enforcement and can't wait to share it. Other: I can't wait for the first module to come out so I can join the rest of you and have a bunch of fun. What part of Identity are you guy's craving for them to give more info about?

@BrianHamilton Thanks for the info. I appreciate it!

@Genesai Yeah great community for Altis life. @DanVash I hope you joined a great community. There are still some servers out there with people on them. Just gotta look. @MarkhossThanks so much. I appreciate it!!! Yeah maybe!

@DanVash Sorry for the late response. Identity is heavily based off of the Arma 3 Life and Altis life servers. So to answer your question, yes.

@DanVash Yeah, all you gotta do is join an Altis life or Arma life server in Arma 3. Most servers have a public slot to try it out. If you like the community they'll want you to go to their website to fill out an application.